FprEN ISO 19085-20

Woodworking machines - Safety - Part 20: Horizontal cutting cross-cut sawing machines with one saw unit (radial arm saws) (ISO/FDIS 19085-20:2026) FprEN ISO 19085-20

Publication date:   Aug 27, 2026

Scope

This document specifies the safety requirements and measures for horizontal cutting cross-cut sawing machines with one saw unit (radial arm saws) with manual loading or unloading of the workpiece or both and capable of continuous production use, hereinafter referred to also as “machines”.
The machines are designed to cut solid wood and material with similar physical characteristics to wood, as well as:

aluminium profiles also filled or composed with plastic or foam or rubber based insulating materials;
composite materials, with core consisting of, for example, polyurethane or mineral material, laminated with light alloy;
polymer‐matrix composite materials and reinforced with thermoplastic or thermoset or elastomeric materials;
fibreglass;
composite bars made from the materials listed above.

This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events, listed in Annex A, relevant to the machines, when it is used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.
This document is also applicable to the other life cycle phases of the machines: transport, assembly, adjustment, maintenance, dismantling and scrapping.
This document does not apply to:

machines designed for cross cutting of logs;
bmachines designed for either sawing or milling roof timber frames, or both;
machines fitted with hydraulic braking systems;
machines fitted with hydraulically powered machine actuators;
machines fitted with power-operated workpiece positioning system;
machines fitted with the facility for either milling (including trenching and grooving), sanding or drilling, or all;
machines able to perform cuts parallel to the fence;
machines intended for use in potentially explosive atmosphere;
machines manufactured prior to the publication of this document.